Charles Martin Hall

Quick Facts

Full Name	Charles Martin Hall
Occupation	Inventor
Date Of Birth	Dec 6, 1863(1863-12-06)
Age	161
Date Of Death	December 27, 1914, Daytona Beach, FL
Birthplace	Thompson
Country	United States
Birth City	Ohio
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Charles Martin Hall Biography

Charles Martin Hall is one of the most popular and richest Inventor who was born on December 6, 1863 in Thompson, Ohio, United States. American innovator and scientist who came up with an affordable method to produce aluminum. His work helped bring the metal into commercial usefor the first time since the exploration of iron.

Leo Baekeland, another chemist, developed possibly the only material more popular than aluminum – plastic. Another chemist invented the first material that is more well-known than aluminum, which is plastic.

He met his wife in the Oberlin Theological Seminary in the Oberlin Theological Seminary, where he was studying theology. Their initial five kids were born in Jamaica in the country where he served as an ordained missionary.

Charles Martin Hall Net Worth

Charles Martin Hall is one of the richest Inventor from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Charles Martin Hall 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

As a young man, he attended at Oberlin College, in Ohio which is where he discovered an interest in the process of synthesizing aluminum which, at the time, was a valuable metal utilized in jewelry.

In the beginning, unable to find financial investors for his business, he finally was able to secure funding from his company, the Pittsburgh Reduction Company; eventually the metal was used in everything from aircrafts to ships.

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Facts & Trivia

Charles Ranked on the list of most popular Inventor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Charles Martin Hall celebrates birthday on December 6 of every year.

What did Charles Martin Hall invent?

Charles Martin Hall discovered the electrolytic method of producing aluminum cheaply, bringing the metal into wide commercial use. As a young chemist experimenting in a woodshed, Charles Hall invented a method for extracting pure aluminum from its ore.

Where did Charles Martin Hall live?

Oberlin

Who patented an inexpensive method for the production of aluminum and on

what month and year?

Alum is one such compound. Scientists tried to tease the metal out of alum, but the process was costly until Charles Martin Hall patented an inexpensive method to produce aluminum in 1889.

How did Charles Hall produce aluminum?

On Feb. 23, 1886, Hall found that molten cryolite, which is the mineral sodium aluminum fluoride, was the solvent he needed for the process; using the cryolite and aluminum oxide and homemade batteries , he produced his first small globules of aluminum. Hall had trouble finding backers for his process.

Who made the first aluminum?

Aluminium was first produced independently using electrolysis in 1854 by the German chemist Robert Wilhelm Bunsen and Deville.